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Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Promiscuity is the death of love.

Promiscuity is the death of love. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Ideally I'd like to spend two evenings a

Ideally I'd like to spend two evenings a week talking to Proust and another conversing with the Holy Ghost. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: It was then I cried, cried for the

It was then I cried, cried for the fact of not having cried and for the immensity of tears yet to be shed. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: History is said to be written by the

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Horses are the ruination of everyone, your father

Horses are the ruination of everyone, your father has a craze for them but then we all do crazy things. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna St. Vincent Millay: O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!

O world, I cannot hold thee close enough! — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: It was the first time that I came

It was the first time that I came face to face with madness and feared it and was fascinated by it. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna St. Vincent Millay: O troubled forms, O early love unfortunate and

O troubled forms, O early love unfortunate and hard,
Time has estranged you into a jewel cold and pure — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: There was I, devouring books and yet allowing

There was I, devouring books and yet allowing a man who had never read a book to walk me home for a bit of harmless fumbling on the front steps. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Money talks, but tell me why all it

Money talks, but tell me why all it says is just Goodbye. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: When something has been perfect, there is a

When something has been perfect, there is a tendency to try hard to repeat it. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Writers really live in the mind and in

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: August is a wicked month.

August is a wicked month. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I'm a tuning fork, tense and twanging all

I'm a tuning fork, tense and twanging all the time ... — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: You would not believe how many words there

You would not believe how many words there are for 'home' and what savage music there can be wrung from it. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: So many that had died on the scaffold

So many that had died on the scaffold and many more to die including, though she did not know it then, her own son. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: In a way winter is the real spring,

In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of nature. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Everything hinged on money,

Everything hinged on money, — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I knew I had done something awful. I

I knew I had done something awful. I had killed love, before I even knew the enormity of what love meant. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Oh, God, who does not exist, you hate

Oh, God, who does not exist, you hate women, otherwise you'd have made them different. And Jesus, who snubbed your mother, you hate them more. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: After that dark woman you search for someone

After that dark woman you search for someone who will fit into the irregular corners of your heart. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: In our deepest moments we say the most

In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I did not sleep. I never do when

I did not sleep. I never do when I am over-happy, over-unhappy, or in bed with a strange man. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Michael, my darling light. Be sure to have

Michael, my darling light. Be sure to have Masses said for the repose of his soul and for us. Your loving mother, Bridget — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Recollection is not something that I can summon

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops

Fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops us living in the moment. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Yes, the living, the mangled, the scarified, with

Yes, the living, the mangled, the scarified, with the crazed responsibility of remembering everything, everything. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: most prized of all, her secretaire, a Napoleon

most prized of all, her secretaire, a Napoleon III desk, full of nooks and crannies and pigeonholes, — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: When you fall in love, it is spring

When you fall in love, it is spring no matter when. Leaves falling make no difference, they are from another season ... — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: But we want young men. Romance. Love and

But we want young men. Romance. Love and things, I said, despondently. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I have always espoused chastity except when one

I have always espoused chastity except when one can no longer resist the temptation. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Ordinary life bypassed me, but I also bypassed

Ordinary life bypassed me, but I also bypassed it. It couldn't have been any other way.Conventional life and conventional people are not for me. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Writers are always anxious, always on the runfrom

Writers are always anxious, always on the run
from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Death in its way comes just as much

Death in its way comes just as much of a surprise as birth. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Shadows of love, inebriations of love, foretastes of

Shadows of love, inebriations of love, foretastes of love, trickles of love, but never yet the one true love. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: A country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes,

A country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes, byres, fields, flowers, insects, suns, moons and stars are forever reoccurring. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I know the mistake I am making. I

I know the mistake I am making. I see the exits in life. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: motherless mothers with their skinless mysteries.

motherless mothers with their skinless mysteries. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: remember love is all bull, the only true

remember love is all bull, the only true love is that between mother and child. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: The vote means nothing to women. We should

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: It was all terrible and tiring and meaningless.

It was all terrible and tiring and meaningless. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed

Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: What we forgot as children is that our

What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met or loved, often. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Darkness is drawn to light, but light does

Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I was lonelier than I should be, for

I was lonelier than I should be, for a woman in love, or half in love. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: She was happy I was home, I would

She was happy I was home, I would come often, I would be company, — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: her untimely death. Death for her meant death

her untimely death. Death for her meant death for us both. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Oh, love, what an unreasoning creature it grew

Oh, love, what an unreasoning creature it grew to be. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I am not kind, I cut people off

I am not kind, I cut people off as with shears and I drop them like nettles. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: It's not the vote women need, we should

It's not the vote women need, we should be armed. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: If we are taken all together, we might

If we are taken all together, we might muster some courage, but from the previous evidence it is likely that we will be taken separately. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: There was always a real reason for everything

There was always a real reason for everything - why spoons tarnished, and jam furred, and people declined into God, or drink, or card games. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Life was a bitch. Love also was a

Life was a bitch. Love also was a bitch. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: We hide the truer part of ourselves when

We hide the truer part of ourselves when we love. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I had not the heart to tell her

I had not the heart to tell her that great love stories told of the pain and separateness between men and women. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: In the bodily garden the apple lurks.

In the bodily garden the apple lurks. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: She said the reason that love is so

She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Flaubert claimed that we each have a royal

Flaubert claimed that we each have a royal room in our hearts into which only very few are admitted. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: You might have written. Every bit of your

You might have written. Every bit of your daily life interests me. I wrote this day fortnight but it was returned. Tampered with. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: We have so many voices in us, how

We have so many voices in us, how do we know which ones to obey? — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I

If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I thought that was a mortal sin — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Never forget this moment, the hum of the

Never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Wherever there were horses or ponies the mushrooms

Wherever there were horses or ponies the mushrooms always sprang up. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Dilly reckons it would be difficult to thread

Dilly reckons it would be difficult to thread those needles, the eyes so small, especially with her cataracts. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: What matters is the imaginative truth.

What matters is the imaginative truth. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: My hand does the work and I don't

My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Writing is like carrying a fetus.

Writing is like carrying a fetus. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: That is the mystery about writing: it comes

That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: For me to write I have to be,

For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write the way a thief steals; it's a little covert. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Movie people are possessed by demons, but a

Movie people are possessed by demons, but a very low form of demons. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: People liking you or not liking you is

People liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I always want to be in love, always.

I always want to be in love, always. It's like being a tuning fork. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Jealousy is the direct result of self-betrayal.

Jealousy is the direct result of self-betrayal. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Gabriel, the man she might have tied the

Gabriel, the man she might have tied the knot with except that it was not meant to be. Putting memories to sleep, like putting an animal down. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: On the island of tears, we were subjected

On the island of tears, we were subjected to every kind of humiliation, — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Irish Catholicism is very much founded on the

Irish Catholicism is very much founded on the stone of fear and of punishment. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: You're a right-looking eejit

You're a right-looking eejit — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: I have some women friends but I prefer

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: It is not good to repudiate the dead

It is not good to repudiate the dead because then they do not leave you alone, they are like dogs that bark intermittently at night. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are

Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Sometimes one word can recall a whole span

Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Her little treasures. Each item reminding her of

Her little treasures. Each item reminding her of someone or of something. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: When anyone asks me about the Irish character,

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Kindness. The most unkind thing of all.

Kindness. The most unkind thing of all. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: holidays took the poisons out of everyday life.

holidays took the poisons out of everyday life. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: The words ran away with me.

The words ran away with me. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire. — Edna O'Brien

Edna O'brien Quotes By Edna O'Brien: You have to be lonely to be a

You have to be lonely to be a writer — Edna O'Brien